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The MacReviewCast #251: Kanex, Elgato Turbo.264, Batch Watermarks

Surfbits — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:07:35 +0000

This week we look at Kanex iAdapt HDMI V2, Elgato Turbo.264 HD, Batch Watermarks, Open Source, iCasual, Portable recording on the iPad, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Jonathan Weeks,
Cindy Stockman

Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
Kanex iAdapt HDMI V2: http://www.kanexlive.com
Anomos: http://anomos.info/wp
10 Best Websites for Free AudioBooks: http://www.makeuseof.com
Inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org
Sweet Home 3D: http://www.sweethome3d.com
Aquamacs Emacs: http://aquamacs.org
Magical: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/magical
File Sequencer: http://johnnarun.com/file_sequencer
WorldTimes: http://www.artisancode.com/WorldTimes

I am so happy to have my friend Paul Figgiani stop in with a segment on the new software release from:
Elgato: turbo.264 HD Software Edition

Then another old friend, Chris Marshall visits with his review of
Batch Watermarks: http://www.thebatchwatermarks.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: The Incident
Developer: Big Bucket Software
Price: $1.99

Last, but certainly not least, Buster Nutz joins us this week for a review of:
AppleJack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net
CORD: http://cord.sourceforge.net
OSX FOSS: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxportableapps

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The MacReviewCast #250: iCasual, Tom Bihn, Folx, iAnnotate, Quirky, More

Surfbits — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:35:33 +0000

This week we look at Tom Bihn Co-Pilot, iAnnotate, Folx, Quirky Case, iCasual, Portable recording on the iPad, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The AppObsessed Podcast: http://appobsessed.posterous.com
Tom Bihn Co-Pilot Carry-on Case: http://www.tombihn.com
RadioAunty and TellyBox: http://whomwah.github.com
iChatSuite: http://www.yreuxsoftware.com/iChatSuite.html
iTunes Alarm: http://www.johnnarun.com/itunes_alarm
iPhoto to Disk: http://www.iphototodisk.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Dark Nebula Episode 2
Developer: 1337 Game Design
Price: $.99
Then Michelle tells us about using her iPad, a Yeti Mic, the Camera connection kit and a couple of apps to record on the fly with her iPad.

Then our Enhanced Podcast Producer Steve Beyer reviews two apps:
Folx: http://mac.eltima.com
iAnnotate for the iPad: http://www.ajidev.com

Next, James Hicks reviews
The Quirky Cloak iPad Case: http://www.quirky.com/products/30-Cloak-iPad-Case

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The MacReviewCast #249: ALTAZ, OmniFocus, iCasual, Freeware
Surfbits — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:42:20 +0000
This week we look at ALTAZ Multimedia Center, OmniFocus for the iPad, iCasual, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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myibay: https://www.myibay.com

Black Hole: http://www.irradiated.net

Evernote Account Switcher: http://www.jazzaround.net/eas

Things Folder: http://www.jazzaround.net

Push: http://www.jazzaround.net/push

Evom: http://thelittleappfactory.com/evom

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Zen Bound 2

Developer: Secret Exit Ltd.

Price: $2.99

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

The HD Multi-Media Player from ALTAZ: http://www.altazdesign.com

David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:

OmniFocus for the iPad: http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus-ipad
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The MacReviewCast #248: Fotomagico, MacKeeper, GoodSync, Chillingo, LaCie
Surfbits — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:02:45 +0000
This week we look at Fotomagico, MacKeeper, GoodSync, Clonezilla, Chillingo, LaCie, iCasual, Freeware and more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

Lacie (Part 3 with Mike Mihalik):  http://www.lacie.com

Tom Bihn Ristretto: http://www.tombihn.com

Airport Location: http://airportlocation.wordpress.com

AppleJack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net

Proxi: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/proxi

iTunesFS: http://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/znek/public/en/default/software/iTunesFS/index.html

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Halogen

Developer: RocketHands

Price: $4.99

Michelle then is kind enough to do another review for us of the Mac Shareware App:

GoodSync: http://www.goodsync.com/mac

Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:

(Chillingo) The Jim and Frank Mysteries - The Blood River For the iPod touch and iPhone.

Buster joins us this week for a review of his Open Source favorites:

Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org

Allison Sheridan and special guest Steve Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

FotoMagico 3: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico

Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:

MacKeeper: http://mackeeper.zeobit.com
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The MacReviewCast #247: LaCie, iDocument, Anime Studio Debut, Chandler
Surfbits — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:58:34 +0000
This week we look at LaCie Network Space 2, iDocument, Anime Studio Debut, Chandler, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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Lacie Network Space 2: http://www.lacie.com

Tom Bihn: http://www.tombihn.com

CliClick: http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/cliclick

HTMchen: http://createlivelove.com/applications/freeware/freeware.html

What You Own Home Inventory: http://www.whatyouown.org/index.html

Maria: http://www.strawbits.com/maria/overview.html

Ten Free OSX Text Editors: http://savedelete.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Zombie Wonderland

Developer: Chillingo Ltd

Price: .99

Tom Piraino from MacinTom.ca looks at:

iDocument: http://www.icyblaze.com/idocument

Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:

Anime Studio Debut: http://anime.smithmicro.com

Buster Nutz joins us this week for a review of:

Chandler: http://chandlerproject.org

Maccessorized.com discount code July 8-20 15%: buster15
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The MacReviewCast #246: Radium, HanDBase, Padsync, Targus, iCasual
Surfbits — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:56:18 +0000
This week we look at Radium, HanDBase, Padsync, Targus, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away: http://oreilly.com

The Winners for O’Reilly eBook this week were:

Hal Segal, Katherine Haviland, Jim Hagans

Targus A7 iPad Sleeve: http://www.targus.com

CyberDuck: http://cyberduck.ch

Retrevo Manuals: http://www.retrevo.com/samples/index-category.html#manuals

MoveCM: http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/MoveCM.html 

Editra: http://editra.org

LastPass: https://lastpass.com

MailFollowUp: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/MailFollowup

MailUnreadMenu: http://loganrockmore.com/MailUnreadMenu

MailRecent: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/MailRecent

Herald: http://erikhinterbichler.com/software/herald

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

PadSync: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/padsync

Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:

Radium: http://www.catpigstudios.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Adams Trouble

Developer: Emantras Inc

Price: $.99

Then Michelle reviews:

HanDBase: http://www.ddhsoftware.com/handbase.html 

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The MacReviewCast #245: Flip SlideHD, Textsoap, Tales of Monkey Island, Kaleidoscope
Surfbits — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:04:12 +0000
This week we look at Textsoap, Flip SlideHD, Kaleidoscope, Tales of Monkey Island, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away: http://oreilly.com

The Winners for O’Reilly eBook this week were:

Jay Levy, Chris Emerson, Peter Martin. 

The Flip SlideHD: http://www.theflip.com

MakeMKV: http://www.makemkv.com

Droplr: http://droplr.com/hello

100 Incredibly Free Mac Apps: http://mac.appstorm.net

Steve Beyer wrote a review we read on

Kaleidoscope: http://www.Kaleidoscopeapp.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Freaking Inkies

Developer: Adakama Labs Inc

Price: $2.99

Michelle Lopez also reviewed:

Tales of Monkey Island: Telltale Games

David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:

TextSoap 6: http://www.unmarked.com/textsoap

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The MacReviewCast #244: LaCie, MarsEdit, HengeDocks, iCasual, Freeware
Surfbits — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:22:24 +0000
This week we look at LaCie, MarsEdit, HengeDocks, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

LaCie RAID and NAS Drives with Mike Mihalik: http://www.LaCie.com

Henge Docks: http://www.hengedocks.com

SignatureProfiler for Mail: http://www.littleknownsoftware.com/sigpro

Adapter: http://www.macroplant.com/adapter

Organise: http://peacockmedia.co.uk/organise 

TrashMe: http://trashme.jibapps.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Fare City Taxi Mania

Developer: Finkly Interactive

Price: 1.99

Michelle also updates us on an app she reviewed before, Quicken Essentials.

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

MarsEdit 3.0: http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit

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The MacReviewCast #243: LaCie Rikiki Drive, Good Reader, iCasual, iPad Cases,  Freeware
Surfbits — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:55:26 +0000
This week we look at LaCie Rikiki Drive, GoodReader, iCasual, O’Reilly, Hard Candy Cases, Simplism Cases, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com

The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:

Dale Kosan, Scott Patz, Lori Rauchwerger

LaCie Rikiki Portable Hard Drive:

 Hard Candy Bubble Sleeve: 

Simplism Shoulder Leather Case:

DropSync: http://www.mudflatsoftware.com/dropsync.html

PSD Progressive Downloader: http://www.macpsd.net

PS3mediaserver: http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver

GarageBuy: http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageBuy

Kompozer: http://www.kompozer.net

CL Desktop: http://www.cldesktop.com

Hand Brake: http://handbrake.fr

FLV Crunch: http://flvcrunch.awardspace.us

MPEG Streamclip: http://www.squared5.com

Adapter: http://www.macroplant.com/adapter

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Bad Apples

Developer: Metaversal Studios

Price: Free

Our friend David Allen from Mac20Questions stops in and reviews my favorite iPad app:

GoodReader: For the iPad and iPhone

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The MacReviewCast #242: LaCie Drives, Voila, OmniGroup, iCasual
Surfbits — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:23:21 +0000
This week we look at LaCie Hard Drives, OmniGroup iPad apps, Voila, Scrabble and Words With Friends for the iPhone/iPad, iCasual, plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.

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We took a week off of Freeware to look at the Great Mac products from LaCie. Check out the first of our three part interview wth Mike Mihalik. Also check out my Surfbits.cm blog for a review of the LaCie Rikiki portable drive.

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Title: Polyhedra XL

Developer: Binary Hammer

Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:

Voila: http://www.globaldelight.com/voila 

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

OmniGroups new apps for the iPad: http://www.omnigroup.com

Matthew Miller wth AudioMiller looks at 2 iPhone/iPad apps:

Scrabble vs. Words with Friends

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